Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.

I thought that culture and education are the shield. An educated person cannot do certain things and, and be educated, you cannot, and there they were, killing children day after day.

Humanity would never tolerate it

I would not like to draw analogies, with the past.Governments, leaders, intellectuals, mainly intellectuals who should know the ethical dimensions, are so important, so essential to culture, religion, to civilization, and to our own lives. And that means what? It means not to be indifferent, not to stand idly by. That is a biblical commandment that we are committed.

I think so. 9/11 has been a turning point in American history, there's no doubt about that.

If there is a single theme that dominates all my writings, all my obsessions, it is that of memory-because I fear forgetfulness as much as hatred and death.

Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.